This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

Students are asked to distinguish between first and third person narration as well as fiction or nonfiction writing.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

History buffs and fiction lovers alike will enjoy learning about legendary writer Mark Twain with this Wild West worksheet!

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Give your students a chance to practice their reading comprehension skills by focusing on the elements of fiction through story mapping.

Write an ice skating story based on the illustration on the page. It can be silly or heartfelt, even science fiction!

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they distinguish their own viewpoint from those of characters in a fiction text.

What happened in the story? Use this helpful graphic organizer to capture the characters, setting, and important events in a fiction text.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Can your child tell fact from fiction? Boost reading comprehension with this story sheet featuring a famous tall tale character: Paul Bunyan!

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Meet the legendary John Henry, a famous character from a classic tall tale! Learn the difference between fact and fiction with this fun reading sheet.

This resource will help your students practice an important reading comprehension skill as they read a fiction text and identify cause and effect relationships

In this fiction comprehension exercise, your students will use transition words to help them write about the problem and solution in three short stories.

Is the tale of Johnny Appleseed fact or fiction? Perhaps it's a bit of both! Introduce your child to a famous figure from a classic tall tale.

Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Rootin' tootin' cowboys, gather 'round to hear the legendary story of Pecos Bill! Read this tale with your child, and see if he can tell fact from fiction.

In nonfiction, bolding and underlining are frequently used to help words stand out. In fiction, authors can use ALL CAPS to add emphasis to a character’s voice.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Summarizing stories has never tasted so good! Students can use this yummy ice cream-themed graphic organizer to form short summaries of fiction they read independently or with the class.

Make sequencing stories more interesting than just beginning, middle, and end! This "handy" graphic organizer can be used with all fiction to help set up a concise but thorough summary using a five finger strategy.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.